Moreno History (sort of)

[Jacob Gershoni]

Dear Michael and others on Grouptalk,

Ladino is the language spoken by what's called Sephardic Jews, i.e. Jews 
who settled in the Middle East and the Mediterranean region. Just like 
Yiddish,  an idiom spoken by European Jews that contains a mixture of 
German and Hebrew, Ladino is a concoction of Spanish and Hebrew.

I was born in Jerusalem and knew many people who spoke Ladino although 
my ancestors were local and spoke Hebrew and Arabic. I suppose they 
originally came from Spain and had a rich culture that survives somehow 
to this day. The word "Sephardic" comes from the Hebrew word "Sepharad" 
which means Spain. When I first read about J. L. Moreno I was thrilled 
to learn the names of his close relatives as they were typically 
Sephardic names.

And since you live in Austria, perhaps you can find a way to hear a 
great singer (Israeli living in Germany) named Esther Ofarim with 
beautiful renditions of Ladino songs, one of which is even on Youtube, 
named "Adios Querida."

Is this information more than you bargained for?

Hasta luego,

Jacob Gershoni, LCSW, CGP, TEP

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Michael Wieser wrote:

> Dear Adam and others,
> could someone explain to me the term "Ladino-speaking Jews".  My 
> grand-grandfather spoke "Ladinisch" and moved from a northern part of 
> Italy. Some told me that Sephardic Jews spoke the same but I still 
> wonder if it is the same.
> Warmly
> Michael
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> PS: J.L. moved around 1895 to Vienna.
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